Mann Singh v. United India Insurance Company Limited and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab and Haryana High Court, LPA-1764-2025, decided 21.08.2025 (Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. authoring; Vikas Suri, J.). Letters Patent Appeal against Single Judge's order dated 18.02.2025 allowing insurer's writ petition and denying Rs.4,00,000/- Permanent Lok Adalat compensation (order dated 14.12.2018, Annexure P-1) for kerosene tanker loss. Surveyor report showed Indian Oil Corporation seal clamps missing from filling caps and exhaust valves; loss attributed to missing valves, not snowfall damage; appellant failed to explain missing seals; no contradicting evidence; appeal dismissed, no interference with Single Judge's order.
What did the court decide?
The surveyor report (page 100 of the paperbook), which formed the basis of the impugned order dated 18.02.2025, clearly records that the seal clamps put by the Indian Oil Corporation while filling kerosene in the vehicle were missing even in the filling caps as well as the exhaust valves.